Susan Epstein & Associates Strategic AI Consulting

Susan Epstein & Associates offers AI advisory and strategic management consulting services for foundations, businesses, and organizations.

Susan has been an AI expert for more than a decade. She is a social entrepreneur, board member, AI researcher, lecturer in law and computer science, and educator with significant experience developing and implementing impactful strategies and programs in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She has successfully built and managed diverse teams, engaged stakeholders, leveraged technologies, led proactive policy formation, and managed financial systems.

She recently served as Director and Associate General Counsel, AI, Corporate Governance and Civil Rights at Meta. In this pioneering role, she assessed civil rights risks and strategically built products inclusively across Meta's many platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Smart Glasses. Susan advised leadership and hundreds of AI-powered product teams on successful commercial launches from product inception and design through external engagement. She navigated, monitored, and at times shaped an evolving regulatory landscape for responsible artificial intelligence in the United States and around the globe.

She graduated from Stanford University where she studied computer science with a concentration in AI and has a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Susan served as an elected school board member in Santa Barbara County for four terms.

Susan finds it rewarding to help businesses and agencies run more effectively and greatly increase their reach. Success results not just from partnering with executive teams and managers, but also authentic participation and input from those most impacted, to ensure that programs and practices are aligned with strategic goals.